Where does “tuhkahapero” come from?

tuhkahapero (Finnish) comes from Finnish hapero, from Finnish hapera, from Finnish haprea, from Finnish hauras, from Proto-Finnic hapras — brittle, fragile, weak.

tuhkahapero (Finnish): A brittlegill, "Russula acrifolia"

Definitions

  1. A brittlegill, "Russula acrifolia"

Ancestry of “tuhkahapero”, step by step

tuhkahapero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hapero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaperobrittlegill, russula; brittle
2Finnishhaperabrittle
3Finnishhaprea—
4Finnishhaurasbrittle, fragile, frail, friable, crumbly,...
5Proto-Finnichaprasbrittle, fragile, weak

via Finnish tuhka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhkaash
2Proto-Finnictuhkaash
3Proto-Germanictuskijanąto burn, be burning
4Proto-Indo-Europeandh₂uske-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic hapras →Every word from Finnish hauras →Every word from Finnish haprea →